Ordering and Options
The custom build list is full and I am paused on taking custom orders at this time but please sign up for the mailing list to be notified when the order book re-opens and when dealer builds become available.
Below is a mostly complete list of options. Basically anything is possible so if something not listed is on your mind, feel free to ask after it.
(Anything not listed as +$ included in standard price)
Scale Length: Any
Nut Width: Any
Bridge Spacing: Any
12 - 13 - or 14 Fret Neck/Body Joint
100% Hot Hide Glue Construction
Adirondack Bracing Standard
Patterns available:
L body / Nick Lucas
Minerva Deluxe (Jumbo, J-45, Roy Smeck, etc)
Minerva Tone (slot head 12 fret 00)
OM
12 Fret Single 0
Kay Kraft Venetian
Weissenborn
91% scaled L (single 0 sized)
105% scaled L (000 sized)
Most any pattern available custom
Top:
European, Sitka, or Englemann spruce or Mahogany
Red Spruce +250 or more depending upon grade
Back / Sides
Choice of Straight grain Black Walnut, White Oak, Plain Honduran Mahogany
Figured Sapele
Figured Black Walnut
Curly White Oak
Curly Maple
Fiddleback Honduran Mahogany +500
Many other Species available, inquire.
Neck
Three Piece (Classical style with scarf joint) Honduran Mahogany, Black Walnut, or Black Cherry
One Piece Poplar
Three or more Piece Laminated Maple or Poplar +250
Flex Strong Ultralight Truss rod (Reversible one way) with two Carbon Fiber Rods
Steel Two Way Adjustable Truss Rod
Slotted Headstock +200
Bridge
Wenge (standard)
Persimmon (North America's indigenous ebony species)
Ebonized Rock Maple
African Blackwood +50
Fingerboard
Royal Blackwood (Torrefied Purple Heart)
Black Walnut
Katalox
Tuners
Stew Mac Restoration Tuners
Others +/- actual cost
Binding
Tortoise or Cream
Purfling, Herringbone, Wood Binding, or Rope Binding -Inquire
Finish
Homemade Natural Resin Spirit Varnish, French Polished
Natural
Tuxedo (Black with white pickguard and trim)
Chocolate Top +400
Hand Rubbed Sunburst +400
Custom Handmade Pickguard
Firestripe
Tortoise, etc.
Inlay
Pearloid Fingerboard dots
Cream Celluloid dots
Side dots optional
Custom Pearl Inlay +$
Case
TKL Archtop